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sengkang

“sengkang” is a Malay word. Its 12 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to hold apart or astretch
  2. to prop something up preventing it from closing
  3. to muzzle one's mouth by stuffing an object in
  4. to stand or walk with legs athwart
  5. to be uneven in walking

noun

  1. crossbar, crossbeam
  2. thwart (of a boat)
  3. base to put tholes on the side of boats as placement for oars
  4. diameter
  5. cross
  6. dash, hyphen; also ellipsis of tanda sengkang

adjective

  1. to be short on one foot

Etymology

From nasalization of sakang from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sakaŋ “bow-legged”.

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